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Engages readers with a narrative, problem-focused approach. Covering the entire period of modern German historyfrom nineteenth century imperial Germany right through the presentthis well-established text presents a balanced, general survey of the country's political division in 1945 and runs through its reunification in the present. Detailing foreign policy as well as political, economic and social developments, A History of Modern Germanypresents a central theme of the problem of asymmetrical modernization in the country's history as it fully explores the complicated path of Germany's troubled past and stable present. Note: MySearchLabdoes not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLabat no extra charge, please visitwww.MySearchLab.com or use ISBN: 9780205216055.

Author Biography

Dietrich Orlow taught at Boston University from 1971 to 2002 and was also a visiting professor at the Universities of Hamburg in Germany and Amsterdam in The Netherlands. He is the author of several books on the history of modern Germany. They include A History of the Nazi Party (1969, 1973) [2 volumes], Weimar Prussia, 1918-1933 (1986, 1991) [2 volumes], and Common Destiny: A Comparative History of the Dutch, French, and German Social Democratic Parties, 1945-1969 (1999). Orlow has also written numerous articles for American, German and Dutch journals.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Founders' Generation: 1870-1890

The Fabric of Society: Economic and Political Power Struggles The Kulturkampf Im Mittelpunkt: Ludwig Windthorst (1821—1891)Economic and Social DevelopmentsIm Mittelpunkt: Gerson Bleichröder (1822—1893)Social Legislation and Antisocialist LawsForeign RelationsThe End of the Era and Bismarck’s Dismissal

Chapter 2: Wihelminian Germany, 1890-1914

Parties, Lobbies, and Patriotic Organizations Im Mittelpunkt: Eduard Bernstein (1850—1932) Political Issues and PersonalitiesEconomic DevelopmentsLiterature, Art, and SocietyIm Mittelpunkt: Theodor Fontane (1819—1898) Foreign RelationsGermany on the Eve of World War I

The Search for the Elusive ConsensusIm Mittelpunkt: Wilhelm Marx (1883—1946)Economic and Social DevelopmentsWeimar CultureIm Mittelpunkt: Kurt Weill (1900—1950)Foreign RelationsThe Collapse of the Economy and the End of Parliamentary Democracy

Further Growth of the Nazi FührerStateIm Mittelpunkt: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902— )Triumph and FallNazi Rule in EuropeThe HolocaustIm Mittelpunkt: Viktor Klemperer (1881—1960)Economy and SocietyThe End of the Third Reich

Chapter 8: "Condominium of the Allied Powers," 1945-1949

The German Resistance: Strengths and DelusionsAllied Visions and Plans, 1941—1945Im Mittelpunkt: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906—1945)The Immediate Legacy of the Third Reich: The Reality of “Zero Hour”Reparations and Economic Recovery“Exorcising the Evil”: De-Nazification and Re-educationRevival of Administrative, Political, and Cultural LifeThe Cold War and the Division of GermanyIm Mittelpunkt: Carlo Schmid (1896—1979)Conclusion

Political DevelopmentsIm Mittelpunkt: Roman Herzog (1934— )Im Mittelpunkt: Angela Merkel (1954— )Economic and Social DevelopmentsForeign PolicyGerman Society at the Beginning of the New MillenniumProblems and Prospects

Chapter 12:Conclusion

Germany, 1816—1866

Germany, 1866—1918 Germany’s Colonial Possessions, 1914 Military Operations of World War I Germany After WWI Germany’s Expansion, 1933—1939Military Operations of World War II: The German Offensives, 1939—1942Military Operations of World War II: The Allied Offensives, 1943—1945